I'll be the proud owner of this bike within a couple of weeks...



I'm in love with it. It's like my soul mate...only...a bike.

And how fucking cool is this? I'd love to have this just to run down to the liquor store to pick up a few 12-packs. Also made by another local builder...Rick Hunter.

Unfinished:



Finished:





Edit: Fixed image links.

black bikes my daily street ride, the red gardin is my bike for the track.
strange huh! i actually ride a track bike at the damn track!

ChristopherM wrote:I'll be the proud owner of this bike within a couple of weeks...

I'm in love with it. It's like my soul mate...only...a bike.

I can't get behind the rectangular stays or the top tube, down tube, head tube plate thing.

Ben

benadrian wrote:I can't get behind the rectangular stays or the top tube, down tube, head tube plate thing.

Ben

I love 'em. It's even cooler looking in person. Totally adds to the whole "utilitarian" feel. Swobo just makes cool bikes in general though.

EDIT: To show a picture of the bottle opener under the seat...c'mon, that's fucking cool.

sonikBOOM wrote:

black bikes my daily street ride, the red gardin is my bike for the track.
strange huh! i actually ride a track bike at the damn track!

Isn't that illegal, riding a track bike at a track? Damn hipster!






I kid. Both look tuff as shit.

the "daily" ride - 1977 schwinn super le tour 12.2 -

the monday night bike - 1974 schwinn paramount p14 track bike -

custom-built lemond 'zurich', c.2000. was traded for with an engineer at trek, for a pile of posters. i got this bike in 2001.

and the touring bike - klein 'performance, c.1990 -

and in action:

this whole post is copied and pasted from last summer, on another forum. the klein has been replaced by a surly long haul trucker.

Verbs and Nouns wrote:

sonikBOOM wrote:

black bikes my daily street ride, the red gardin is my bike for the track.
strange huh! i actually ride a track bike at the damn track!

Isn't that illegal, riding a track bike at a track? Damn hipster!








I kid. Both look tuff as shit.

I'm not sure I understand the need for a tri-spoke wheel on a fixed on the road. Will someone explain it to me?

Nice looking bikes all the same.

2207 wrote:I'm not sure I understand the need for a tri-spoke wheel on a fixed on the road. Will someone explain it to me?

Bunny hop over an oncoming car and flip a table top - the tri-spokes will provide lift and sail you over the intersection.